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Environmental Report – Are they Cr eating T ransparency on E nvironmental impacts/costs?. By Dr Chris Anastasi Member of EURELECTRIC Working Group Environmental Management and Economics. NEEDS Forum: Accepting the real price of sustainable energy Brussels 24 May 2005. About Eurelectric. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Environmental Report – Are they Creating Transparency on Environmental impacts/costs?
ByDr Chris Anastasi
Member of EURELECTRIC Working Group Environmental Management and Economics
NEEDS Forum: Accepting the real price of sustainable energy
Brussels 24 May 2005
About Eurelectric
…..in dialogue with EU and world bodies to promote a workable energy policy framework that will ensure reliable and sustainable electricity supply to citizens and industry…..
1. All stages of electricity production and distribution take into account environmental factors
2. Carry out environmental impact assessments for all major new developments and make outcomes available to stakeholders
3. Ensure there are environmental guidelines for everyday operation4. Review performance to ensure compliance with environmental policies
and guidelines5. Aim to use wastes and by-products or monitor for long term
environmental impacts6. Support development of energy efficiency technologies
Environmental policy guidelines
Source: Environmental Policies, The Implementation of UNIPEDE’s Statement and Code of Conduct on Environmental Policies, 18 March 1994
Voluntary action
Regulation
QuantitativeQualitative
EPD
EMAS
ISO
Electricity Disclosure
CSR Reporting
Environmental Reporting
Industryoverview
Legalrequirements
Electricity industry active in reporting its performance
Scope of the Report
• Guidelines– Taking responsibility– Protection of the environment– Open communication
• Key Indicators– Electricity generation– Emissions
• Trends– Performance over time
• Case studies– Propagating good practice
Electricity production and carbon dioxide emissions
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
TWh generation Mt carbon dioxide
Sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
TWh generation kT SOx kT NOx
Engaging all our stakeholders
• Company philosophy• Expectations and performance
– Environmental performance– Social performance– Economic performance
• Vision• Governance• Key indicators
Informing consumers
• Electricity consumed by technology– Coal– Gas– Nuclear– Hydro– New renewables– Other
• Emissions– Carbon dioxide– Radioctivity
Voluntary action
Regulation
QuantitativeQualitative
EPD
EMAS
ISO
Electricity Disclosure
CSR Reporting
Environmental Reporting
Industryoverview
Electricity industry active in reporting its performance
Legalrequirements
• EPDs use LCA data with a third party certification• Nothing is stated as ’good’ or ‘bad’, simply facts• Voluntary action to industry standard:
Environmental Product Declaration
LCA by companies ISO TR 14025 ISO 14025
Change of landscapeBiodiversity
NoiseVisual impact(Standby impacts)
Change of landscapeBiodiversity(Fossil fuel impacts)
Radioactive wasteMining
AcidificationClimate changeMining/drillingTransportation
Impacts of electricity production
Detailed analysis for every stage of the nuclear cycle
Underground
miningUranium
plant
Conversion
Enrichmentcentrifugation
Enrichmentdiffusion
Fuel fabrication
Electricity generation
Temporarystorage Encapsulation
Deep repository
Final storagedismantling waste
Final storageoperational waste
Open pit mining
Dismantling Dismantling Dismantling
Ore
Ore
Uranium plantU3O8
U3O8
UF6
UF6
UF6
UF6
Fuel (UO2) Spent fuel Spent fuel Canisters
Source: Certified Declaration of Electricity from Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB (FKA), Vattenfall AB, 2004
Some EPD outputs for a nuclear power plant
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2
Build/decomissioning
Waste facility operation
Build/decomissoning
Operation NPP
Fuel fabrication
Enrichment
Converson
Extraction/leaching
CO2 emissions to air, g/kWh
Source: Certified Declaration of Electricity from Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB (FKA), Vattenfall AB, 2004
Some EPD outputs for a nuclear power plant
Source: Certified Declaration of Electricity from Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB (FKA), Vattenfall AB, 2004
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
Waste
Electricty generation
Fuel fabrication
Enrichment
Conversion
Mining
Average annual individual dose-to-personnel at different
facilities in 2002, mSv
Some EPD outputs for a hydropower plant
Source: Certified Declaration of Electricity from Hydropower Stations on the River Lule alv, Vattenfall AB, 2002
0 1 2 3 4 5
Reinvestments
Operation
Ground work
Manufacture ofmachinery
CO2 emissions to air, g/kWh
Increasing number of companies aredeveloping EPDs
• Vattenfall • Eltra• Skykraft • British Energy• ENEL
Summary• EURELECTRIC has a long standing commitment to the environment with
clear guidelines for its members • It is committed to reporting the environmental performance of the Electricity
Iindustry in member states• The electricity industry is active in reporting its performance using a number
of initiatives• Most of these initiatives are voluntary but increasingly there is an
expectation that industry will publish its environmental performance• The industry seeks to continuously improve the quality and scope of the
information it discloses, with industry standards developed• The latest industry initiative, EPDs, provide a comprehensive, site-specific,
life-cycle assessment of electricity generation• The information disclosed is not only informing all stakeholders, but
provides valuable quantitative data for those developing policy